I recently had a chance to see a documentary on Fethullah Gulen and the Hizmet Movement, namely “Love is a Verb”. It was a cool breeze from the heavens in this dog-eat-dog world full of ongoing wars and crimes. It ...

The death penalty is a controversial topic. In effect since time immemorial, the death penalty is seen as the ultimate punishment for those who commit the most heinous crimes. Those who kill children, who murder multitudes, and who seem completely ...

A Nobel Peace Prize Laureate South African Arcbishop Desmond Tutu received Gulen Peace award at the Ubuntu Lecture and Dialogue Awards ceremony held in Johannesburg on Wednesday evening. The Turquoise Harmony Institute, which is a dialogue center inspired by the ...

Turkey was new to such an emphasis on education, having never experienced such an event in its history. Today, special education programs in the media, and special features on the news, which regard education have become ordinary practice. Now, many ...

The New York Times editorial board published an article titled ‘Let Mr. Erdogan Fight His Own Battles’, which called PM’s demand to extradite Gulen ‘a crass and cynical attempt to exploit the law’ and sacrifice ‘Turkey’s alliance with the United ...

The Journalists and Writers Foundation (GYV), whose honorary president is Turkish scholar Fethullah Gulen, stated that Erdogan’s demand to extradite Gulen was made on purpose to create the perception that Hizmet movement is supported by USA, although there are no ...

One important informal ‘institution’ or tradition within the movement are the cay sohbet’s(tea discussions). These sohbets are weekly or monthly gatherings that bring people together - almost like a book club or study circle where books are read, at least ...

Private Supplementary Education Institutions are closed, what is next? This was the title journalist Fehmi Koru selected for his column on Star Daily on March 2nd, 2014. Fehmi Koru, a highly appreciated intellectual, is well known by his close relations ...

In this post I will be reviewing Ekrem Dumanli’s piece on Today’s Zaman Daily appeared on April 22nd. Dumanli is the chief editor of Zaman Daily, the most circulated newspaper in Turkey whose members of board of directors are known ...

The Journalists and Writers Foundation released a statement of condolences written by Turkish scholar Fethullah Gulen for victims of South Korean ferry which sank leaving more than 300 people, mostly children, missing or dead.